tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post3017023102427262973..comments2024-01-11T04:57:37.530-04:00Comments on The Furious D Show: Hollywood Babble On & On #250: Miscellaneous Monday MusingsFurious Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934529688753875751noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-75609121883423803862009-03-17T15:46:00.000-03:002009-03-17T15:46:00.000-03:00Tony.I know about the division between Paramount a...Tony.<BR/><BR/>I know about the division between Paramount and CBS Paramount, but since it all goes back to Sumner Redstone / National Amusements/ Viacom/ hell knows what, and they are all affected by the lack of investor interest, I simplified.Furious Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07934529688753875751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-82089557882781877412009-03-17T13:57:00.000-03:002009-03-17T13:57:00.000-03:001. "Syfy"? So Jeff Zucker. (Nothing more to add h...1. "Syfy"? So Jeff Zucker. (Nothing more to add here.)<BR/><BR/>2. What we have classically known as Paramount Pictures was split in two in 2006. Today's "Paramount Pictures" is only the movie studio and its home video arm; the TV division (originally founded as Desilu by, yes, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz) is now part of CBS as "CBS Paramount Network Television". CBS and Viacom (Paramount's parent) are separate companies, though both controlled by Sumner Redstone/National Amusements.<BR/><BR/>Notwithstanding point 2, you analysis is spot-on about how corrupt and stupid the CEOs of the Hollywood studios have become, and how it's bringing these companies to ruin.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111263621003623709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-75191048732177765242009-03-17T08:42:00.000-03:002009-03-17T08:42:00.000-03:00K-It isn't the lawsuit itself that's the problem. ...K-<BR/><BR/>It isn't the lawsuit itself that's the problem. Right now Paramount can't attract people to invest in their films. <BR/><BR/>Why? <BR/><BR/>Because lawsuits like this make investing in Hollywood look like a sucker's game. And Ellison will make as much noise as humanly possible and beyond. It's his style.<BR/><BR/>This is why I call tactics like not paying people royalties and residuals a self-fulfilling idiocy. The studio folks who okay the screwing think they're saving money, but in the long run all they do is cause prices to go up, investors to stay away, and pay for new yachts for their lawyers.<BR/><BR/>The lawsuit is small change to them, but they can't see the big money that things like that really cost them.Furious Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07934529688753875751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-37959727159243254592009-03-17T03:21:00.000-03:002009-03-17T03:21:00.000-03:00Re: Paramount: They're a huge company that grosses...Re: Paramount: They're a huge company that grosses 1.5 billion in 07. What do they care if an obnoxious osified SciFi writer sues them. They can use the tax write off if they lose and if they win it's a precedent they can extend over the entire industry. Not to mention that Harlen isn't that popular a guy, some folks might just think it's funny.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289856510554336990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-19687945608534309562009-03-16T23:30:00.000-03:002009-03-16T23:30:00.000-03:00"last, best hope for science fiction baen book ".h..."last, best hope for science fiction baen book ".<BR/>http://www.baen.com/<BR/>PS it is Skiffy Channelkevin J waldrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503909328571062212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-53776058463844206112009-03-16T21:16:00.000-03:002009-03-16T21:16:00.000-03:00SyFy? Please tell me you're kidding. Really, I m...SyFy? Please tell me you're kidding. Really, I mean it. Please tell me you're kidding.<BR/><BR/>The fun part is that most self-respecting hard-core science fiction geeks don't even like the term sci-fi.<BR/><BR/>It's kind of like calling a serious Star Trek fan a "trekkie". That's "Trekker" to YOU, thank you very much. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com